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Jim Jordan: “18 USC Section 871 says you can't do that.”

Featuring: Jim Jordan, Republican | U.S. House Ohio, District 4

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Chairman Jim Jordan Demands Answers on SPLC's Instigators

Published | Video Starts at 04:23

So let's go, man. Congressman, there's a lot I want to say right now, but this is your interview. What do you mean? Well, it's against the law. That's right, President 18 USC Section 871 says you can't do that. He did that. But he wants us to believe, he wants us to believe that somehow the good Lord, while Jim Comey is strolling on the beach in North Carolina, … (04:23–04:27)

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Asserts that 18 USC Section 871 prohibits certain actions [related to threats against the President].

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